2 volumes (xxii, 1089 pages) ; 24 cm

The wisdom of the great religious teachers in classical Judaic thought is signalized in this landmark examination of the ancient texts that form the basis for the rabbinic code of ethics and conduct of daily life. This book bestows its riches on students and general readers interested in religious history and rabbinic thought and belief. The author gives us a picture of the men, the world and the intellectual ferment that produced the Talmud and Midrach, as well as a systematic account of the rabbis' social and religious thought. It is a literary tapestry, interweaving Biblical quotations, rabbinic dicta and the author's comments, analysis and discussion

Translation of the 2d ed. of Ḥazal, pirke emunot ve-deʻot

Includes bibliographical references (pages 1051-1076)

Includes indexes

V.1. The study of the history of the beliefs and concepts of the sages -- The belief in one God -- The Shekhina: the presence of God in the world -- Nearness and distance: omnipresent and Heaven -- The epithet Gĕvūrā (might) and the power of God -- Magic and miracle -- The power of the Divine Name -- The celestial retinue -- He who spoke and the world came into being -- Man -- On providence -- The written law and the oral law -- The commandments -- Acceptance of the yoke of the Kingdom of Heaven: love and reverence -- Man's accounting and the world's accounting -- The people of Israel and its sages -- On redemption -- v. 2. Notes -- Indices and bibliography

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